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Despite being creative people, sometimes we lack inspiration. The challenge of a blank page staring back at you can be overcome in a number of ways: Go for a walk: It is actually scientifically proven to help you think and be creative. Read more about the science here. Have a[…]

There is a place in this world where the lonely souls go to. They are attracted to it. They need to be there. It is a solitary place. A dark place. A quiet place on the edge of world. It is calling them to it. In this mysterious place, the[…]

“Come here child and let me show you another way?” I tentatively step forward and reach out for her hand. She looks young and beautiful, draped in strange clothes that shimmer. But I somehow know that she is old. I somehow know she that is ancient. “Yes, there is another[…]

The old Egyptian woman stood still in the gloomy chamber. She was leaning heavily on a meticulously carved staff ending in a cow’s head topped by a plume. Gold inlay spiralled around the staff, like little rivers of sunlight flickering in the candlelight as she gazed up at the statue.[…]

He had heard all the cliches about how you should live your life without regrets. They were repeated like some occult wisdom or gospel. People put the cliches on bumper stickers and they were tweeted by teenagers sneaking out of the house or attending parties or Facebooked by girls on[…]

Floating with no responsibilities, he thought as he looked up at the clouds drifting lazily by, that is true freedom. He was lying on a warm beach. His fishing rod was pegged next to him with its line reaching out into the calm waters. But this did not last forever. He grew[…]

“Three wishes?” “Yes, Master, you have three wishes. You own the lamp, yes?” “Yes, I do.” “And you rubbed the lamp, yes?” “Yes, while I was cleaning–it was my great grandfathers, he was famous, but had a horrible–” “And so I am your Genie, you are my Master, and you[…]

I wonder if this will be the smoke that kills me, he thinks to himself as his lights up a cigarette. He pulls hard on it and the molten red tip glows brightly in the dingy bar. Far from illuminating the darkness, the small spot of red light at the[…]

“It will be a better world when I run it. And the first change I will make will be–” But he did not hesitate as he ran. He squeezed the trigger of the gun pointing at the most infamous criminal mastermind in history. The sound was short and loud, followed[…]

She clicks the notifications as they appear on Facebook, liking, commenting and sharing items that catch her interest. But her interest is spread. She is scrolling 9gag’s hot page in the background with half of an eye on it. SoundCloud is playing through a mix by some DJ she has seen[…]

The great bull elephant stands majestically in the hot African sun. Crackling, buzzing bush surrounds it as a ragged mountain range fills the backdrop beyond the dry vegetation and the rolling savanna. Slowly the gigantic beast lifts its head and its thick trunk snakes out to delicately curl around the[…]

Panting, he collapses in a chair. Deep, ragged, gasping breaks the silence of the dimly lit room as he struggles to catch his breath. He rubs the bridge of his nose with his eyes closed. Absentmindedly, he reaches out and grasps the TV remote. Click. “–and in other news tonight,[…]

“I didn’t. Did you?” “No, I thought you did–” “Well, I didn’t because I thought you did.” “Well, I didn’t either, so we’re fucked.” “Fuck!” “It’s no use now. Seriously, what are we going to do? We only had this single window to slip in here before they moved the[…]

The gravel crunched under his feet as he ran. Each impact was heavier than the last. His breath came in desperate, reaching gasps that roared in his ears. The air felt like fire in his lungs. Despite each breath filling them to capacity, his lungs felt empty of oxygen and filled[…]

Deep inside a dark forest, hidden at the end of a secret path lies a little house all covered in ancient vines and cast in the shade of a large mushroom. Inside this mysterious dwelling, lives a little old lady, whose actual age is only known by the stars and[…]

Across the street lay a house. In that house was a window. In that window was a girl. And that girl spent long hours looking out at the world from her window. On the other side of the street was another house. It also had a window. In that window[…]

Soft red hair complimented the sunlight shimmering across her subtle frame with a fragrance like sweet roses. And I remember the time we were kicked out of as cinema. We ran away laughing on a hot summers night and ate cold ice-cream on the lonely midnight shore. The oceans rolled[…]

“It’s all gone wrong and I don’t want it anymore.” The speaker is a well-dressed gentleman standing before me. While it is hard to tell his age, he is certainly not young. Yet, somehow, this enhances his sharply chiselled features and clear sky-blue eyes. He is a leader with vision,[…]